Eng 9: Roots Quiz 2, Manila Folder Design Challenge, Blogs & Gearing for the Cardboard Challenge

ROOTS QUIZ 2.

Today we'll start with Roots Quiz 2.

It'll be just like the last one.  And if you've been studying, you'll likely crush it in the face.  Hard.

MANILA FOLDER CHALLENGE.

We'll be tackling this big ol' question:  "How might we bring joy to others?" following Mary Cantwell's DEEPdt design process.  We'll be using DEEPdt  all year long to practice empathy fueled, human centered problem solving.

Your creative constraints for this challenge?
1 manila folder.
4 paper clips.
Design kits (tape, scissors, markers, colored pencils glue, etc.).

DISCOVER.  What brings joy/what takes joy away.
EMPATHY.  Interview a partner.  What brings them joy?  What takes their joy away?  Ask for a story.
EXPERIMENT.  Doodle possibilities. Make. Make. Make.
PRODUCE. Deliver a prototype.  Get feedback.  Bask in the joy.

And all of this . . . in  20 minutes.

We'll see where we are at the end of this to figure out how we'll use the rest of class.  There's a number of things we need/can/should/might do.

OUT OF CLASS WORK.

BLOG.  Document your manila folder challenge.

What did you learn about others?  How did they respond to your design? What did it feel like to design for another?  What was successful about your design? What would you change?

AND

What was it like to have someone design for you?  How did they do meeting your needs?

If you haven't turned this in.

Write a one page letter in which you ask a teacher, a parent/guardian, a friend, a coach or some other specific individual for help.  Explain what it is you need help with, why you need that help, and how specifically that person might help you.

OR

Empathize with an individual struggling with one of the challenges we've explored in class.  Adopt that person's point of view and write a letter in which that person asks for help from a teacher, parent/guardian, friend, coach or some other specific individual for help.  Explain what it is they need help with, why they need that help, and how specifically that person might help them.

OR

Empathize and advocate for an individual struggling with one of the challenges we've explored in class.  Ask one of their teachers, parent/guardians, friends, coaches or another specific individual to help that person.  Explain what it is they need help with, why they need that help, and how specifically that person might help them.